China startet ein neues Visum, um technische Talente anzulocken, aber die Einheimischen sind nicht glücklich

Various part of the article are already giving me a minor cultural shock;

>“There have been so many new programmes pushing our university students to compete with each other, but in the end, nothing beats a foreign passport,” another Weibo user wrote.“

How are they even worried about immigration when they don’t even have a clear path to permanent residency (and afaik no option of naturalization)?
Who are those „foreign“ winners that can have it easy in China for just holding a foreign (maybe indian!) passport?

>and questioned whether foreigners would be able to adapt to life on the mainland, citing language barriers and China’s tightly controlled political system.

I’m always surprised how self-aware chinese can be about their political system, but at the same time be highly supportive of it. Am I misunderstanding something here?

>“Also among the comments were a wave of xenophobic and racist remarks – many of them targeted specifically at Indian nationals.

Color me surprised, the government has been pushing the typical „Han blood is superior“ rhetoric for a while.

>The People’s Daily also weighed in, saying that the visa would „provide convenience for young foreign science and technology professionals to work and live in China“ – but stressed that it „should not be equated with immigration“.

There must be a lost-in-traslation meaning here?

They are not inmigrants, they are expats 😀

China has all the tech talent. The only place they might want to attract from is India.

This is not comparable to issues facing uncontrolled immigration in other countries which were caused by immigrants illegally crossing borders, refugees/asylum seekers, or importing low skill workers. China being more authoritative is also better equipped to act on any issues that arise, they can target specific countries/races if they truly wanted to without caring about “PC” backlash, they don’t have to care about due process, can change this policy on a dime, and punish those that abuse the system (diploma mills and companies taking advantage of loopholes in the program).

Yes their fears and concerns are valid, but I highly doubt it will balloon to the point of the exaggerated concerns expressed by these netizens. If they really care about China’s continued growth they should focus on why the government launched this program in the first place, it’s obvious local talent is lacking in a lot of areas and it’s easy to determine the reason by looking at the US’s continued dominance in the tech field.

I don’t think many foreigners ( Americans , Europeans and Indians) will take up the visa.

They won’t be able to assimilate into the Chinese work culture. The Chinese are extremely hard working. The 996 work culture is real.

Most foreigners that I have worked with are not able to keep up.